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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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Cancer, rectal
See: Rectal cancer
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Show more- Circumjacent Lying around in the sense of surrounding. Related terms include superjacent, subjacent, and adjacent. From…
- Clinical trial See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical…
- Estimated date of confinement (EDC) The due date or estimated calendar date when a baby will be born
- Antifungal medication A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Olivary Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- Eye color The color of the iris. The genetics of eye color are complicated. Eye color is polygenic. It is determined by…
- Intolerance, lactose The inability to digest lactose, a sugar component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose is…
- Hydrostatic weighing See: Underwater weighing
- Syndrome, acute brain See: Delirium
- Disease, Minamata A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay…
- Racemose aneurysm An aneurysm that looks like a bunch of grapes
- RDA Abbreviation for the Recommended Dietary Allowance. Or, popularly, the Recommended Daily Allowance